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A Blake Dictionary. The Ideas and Symbols of William Blake. With a new Index by Morris Eaves. [Damon, F. Foster.] Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 1979. 8vo, xii, 532pp. Printed orange wrappers. Shrink wrapped. As new. First edition with the Eaves index. Bentley, BBS, p. 447 E. ... $20.00

A Dictionary of Painters from the Revival of the Art to the Present Period. A New Edition, with Considerable Additions, an Appendix, and an Index by Henry Fuseli, R.A. [Pilkington, M[atthew].] London, J. Walker; Wilkie and Robinson [et al.], 1810. 4to, xxiv, 678pp. Old calf scuffed and worn, but a perfect serviceable copy good for reading. Second edition to be revised by Fuseli, following the 1805 edition. “Pilkington's dictionary was originally published in 1770. Fuseli's "Advertisement" states that in this 1810 edition he added "considerably more than 300 names and characters of artists," mostly of the Spanish school.” (Boston Book Co.) Blake did not rate a mention until the 1840 edition. Bentley, BB, 2401, noting that Blake did not appear in any earlier editions. ... $100.00

An Index to Bibliographies and Bibliographical Contributions Relating to the Work of American and British Authors 1923-1932. [Van Patten, Nathan.] Stanford University, California: Stanford University Press & London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1934 8vo, vii, 324pp. Original blue buckram stamped in gilt to backstrip, original unclipped light gray dust jacket stamped in black. Some uniform browning throughout, bookplate affixed to front pastedown, erratum bound in, some shelf wear. Very good. First edition. Arranged alphabetically by author, with appendices containing further reference information (also arranged by author). A very useful and comprehensive resource for a specific period of English and American Literature in the 20th century. ... $20.00

An Index to Bibliographies and Bibliographical Contributions Relating to the Work of American and British Authors 1923-1932. [Van Patten, Nathan.] Stanford University, California: Stanford University Press & London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1934 8vo, vii, 324pp. Original blue buckram stamped in gilt to backstrip; some very slight browning to edges, lacking dust jacket. Very good to near fine. First edition. Arranged alphabetically by author, with appendices containing further reference information (also arranged by author). A very useful and comprehensive resource for a specific period of English and American Literature in the 20th century. ... $20.00

Index Librorum ab Inventa Typographia ad Annum 1500; chronologice dispositum cum Notis Historiam Typographico-litterariam illustrantibus. [Laire, François Xavier.] Sens: apud viduam et filium P. H. Tarbé, 1791. 3 parts in 2 vols., 8vo, (2), viii, 475; iv, 464 pp. Early half calf, marbled boards, rebacked to style. A very good copy. First edition of this catalogue of the collection of the Cardinal de Brienne, offering the collection en bloc for six months and then piecemeal thereafter. The collection was broken up and sold in 1371 lots in Paris in 1792. In addition to the very strong holdings of incunabula, block books and 56 text and illuminated manuscripts are also described. This important record of a major collection of... $1,250.00

Index to Selected Bibliographical Journals 1933-1970. [[Various].] London: The Bibliographical Society, 1982. 4to, vii, 316pp. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt to backstrip. Some very light rubbing and shelf wear, else near fine. First edition. Includes a brief introduction. As Oak Knoll states in their description, “[This is an] essential book to help the scholar find the appropriate article on book history published during this period.” ... $25.00

The Complete Works. Autograph Centerary Edition With a Biographical Introduction and Notes by Edward Waldo Emerson and a General Index. [Emerson, Ralph Waldo.] Cambridge, MA, Printed at the Riverside Press, 1903-04. 12 vols, 8vo. Original half green morocco, backstrips faded to brown as usual. A very good set as issued, Limited to 600 sets, with a leaf of manuscript in the hand of Emerson inserted at the front of volume 1. The manuscript, written in brown ink on both sides of the sheet, is from “The Natural History of Intellect” (here in vol. 12) and varies quite considerably from the published version. ... $3,500.00

The Prophetic Writings of William Blake. Edited with a General Introduction, glossarial Index of Symbols, Commentary, and Appendices... [Blake, William. Sloss, D.J. and J.P.R. Wallis, editors.] Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1969. 2 vols., 8vo, xvi, 648 [649]; xxii, 361 pp. Frontispieces, one double-page, and 10 plates. Original dark blue cloth, dust-jackets, fine. Lithographic reprint of the 1924 edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 309 C: “The fresh transcriptions and bibliographical notes are of value, as is the 'Index of Symbols'...” ... $150.00